Mthandiwe, mzalwane wethu,
U-Shawwal yinyanga yeshumi yonyaka wama-Hijri, futhi yinyanga elandela u-Ramadan.
Ama-Arabhu ayengakholwa ukuthi inyanga kaShawwal iyinyanga yezinhlanhla, ngakho-ke babengashadi kule nyanga. UMprofethi (s.a.w.) wakhombisa ukuthi le nkolelo ayilungile ngokushada no-Aisha (r.a.) ngenyanga kaShawwal. (Zehebî, Alâmü’n-nübela, 2/141-142)
Ukuzila ukudla ngosuku lokuqala lwenyanga ka-Shawwal, okuyosuku lokuqala lwe-Eid al-Fitr, akukho emthethweni.
Ngezinye izinsuku zenyanga kaShawwal, uMphrofethi uMuhammad (ukuthula kube kuye),
“Noma ngubani oqeda uRamadan ngokuzila ukudla, bese engeza izinsuku eziyisithupha zikaShawwal, uba njengomuntu oqede unyaka wonke ngokuzila ukudla.”
(Muslim, Siyam, 204)
Ngokucabangela i-hadith enencazelo enjalo, kuthathwa njengokufanelekile ukuzila ukudla izinsuku eziyisithupha kule nyanga. Nakuba kuthathwa njengokunconywa kakhulu ukuzila ukudla ngokushesha ngemva kweholide, ngaphandle kwekhefu, kungenzeka futhi ukuzila ukudla ngezikhathi ezithile.
Ngiyabingelela ngithandazela…
UbuSulumane Ngemibuzo
